City of London Sinfonia - CLoSer: Debussy, Copland and Dance

Debussy arr. Schoenberg : Prelude a L’apres midi d’un faune
Bach trans. Michael Collins: Solo cello suite transcribed for clarinet
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Rameau: Pygmalion Dance suite

City of London Sinfonia
Dancers
Michael Collins conductor / clarinet

Our RE:IMAGINE season opens with a celebration of music written for dance from Rameau’s 18th-century re-imagining of the classical Pygmalion myth to Copland’s musical story of the US pioneers who explored the Appalachian mountains in the 19th century. The performance begins and ends with Debussy’s stunning L’aprés midi d’un faune in two different dance interpretations, alongside a unique take on Bach’s solo cello suites with clarinettist Michael Collins in what is the first ‘Bach RE:Imagining’ of the series.

Supported by Arts Council England and M&G Investments and in association with Village Underground.